Mark Raugas

I practice internal martial arts and traditional weapons methods in the Pacific Northwest.

Chinese Martial Arts

Since 2005, my primary training interest and focus has been developing skill at Chinese internal martial arts, including:

as maintained in Yin Cheng Gong Fa North America, including traditional methods of sword, saber and spear.

I became a lineal student of Zhang Yun laoshi in 2015 — he studied directly under the late Grandmaster Wang Peisheng in Beijing. Yuèshān-guan [月山館; "Moon Mountain School" also Gassankan] is the name of my training activity as recorded in the register of YCGF practitioners. From time to time, I work with experienced martial artists interested in these traditional approaches to internal martial arts.

Japanese Martial Arts

Yuèshān-guan is read Gassankan in Japanese. I practiced two old styles of kenjutsu for a number of years before moving to Seattle:

They could not have been more different. Reconciling their differences was much of the focus on Inner Dharma over the years. I have mentored a small number of people in my approach to Jikishinkage-ryū kenjutsu — two of them are now teachers in their own right.

Before that, I trained as part of an independent school of aikidō and kempō in NYC. My dōjō's interest in the Japanese mountain religion called Shugendō was the impetus for the creation of the Inner Dharma ( 内法 ) project — I no longer practice aikidō but do still spend time engaging in shugyō in the mountains.

Mark Raugas

Seattle, WA

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